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Auction 110, Lot 314
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"A Chart of the Straits of Magellan. Inlarged from the Chart Published at Madrid in 1769 by Don Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla…", Jefferys/Sayer & Bennett

Subject: South America - Southern

Period: 1775 (dated)

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Color: Hand Color

Size:
27 x 20 inches
68.6 x 50.8 cm
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This is one of the period's best charts of the important and treacherous Straits of Magellan with a large inset map of Magellania with the Falkland’s Islands. Thomas Jefferys compiled this map from the observations and surveys of Olmedilla, Byron, Wallis, Carteret and Bougainville.

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Condition: B

Printed on sturdy paper with original outline color. Some minor stains, 2 tiny holes and some soft creases.

Estimate: $550 - $600

Sold for: $325

Closed on 3/2/2005

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